# C_2009167EN.01000202.xml

| 18.7.2009 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 167/2 |
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18.7.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 167/2

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Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 26 March 2009 (Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per la Sicilia — Italy) — Maria Catena Rita Pignataro v Ufficio Centrale Circoscrizionale c/o Tribunale di Catania, Ufficio Centrale Regionale per l'elezione del Presidente dell'Assemblea Regionale Siciliana c/o Corte d'Appello di Palermo, Assemblea Regionale Siciliana, Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri, Ministero dell’Interno, Ministero dell’Economia, Andrea Vitale, Antonino Di Guardo, Fabio M. Mancuso

(Case C-535/08) (1)

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(Eligibility requirements for regional elections - Requirement of residence in the region concerned - Articles 17 EC and 18 EC - Fundamental rights - No link with Community law - Court clearly lacking jurisdiction)

2009/C 167/03

Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Referring court

Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per la Sicilia

Parties

Parties

Applicant: Maria Catena Rita Pignataro

Applicant:

Defendants: Ufficio Centrale Circoscrizionale c/o Tribunale di Catania, Ufficio Centrale Regionale per l'elezione del Presidente dell'Assemblea Regionale Siciliana c/o Corte d'Appello di Palermo, Assemblea Regionale Siciliana, Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri, Ministero dell’Interno, Ministero dell’Economia, Andrea Vitale, Antonino Di Guardo, Fabio M. Mancuso

Defendants:

Re:

Re:

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per la Sicilia — Interpretation of Article 6 EU, Article 3 of the First Additional Protocol and Article 2 of the Fourth Additional Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights and Article 25 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights — Interpretation of Articles 17 EC and 18 EC — Compatibility of regional legislation restricting the right of an Italian national to be nominated for election on the basis of a requirement of residence in the region

Operative part of the order

Operative part of the order

| 1. | Articles 17 EC and 18 EC do not preclude national legislation which, in a situation such as that at issue in the main proceedings, includes among the requirements for eligibility for election to a regional assembly, the obligation to be residing in the region concerned at the time when nominations are put forward. |
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Articles 17 EC and 18 EC do not preclude national legislation which, in a situation such as that at issue in the main proceedings, includes among the requirements for eligibility for election to a regional assembly, the obligation to be residing in the region concerned at the time when nominations are put forward.

| 2. | The Court of Justice of the European Communities clearly does not have jurisdiction to reply to the first question referred by the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per la Sicilia. |
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The Court of Justice of the European Communities clearly does not have jurisdiction to reply to the first question referred by the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per la Sicilia.

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(1)  OJ C 32, 7.2.2009.

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